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Does aggregate profitability really matter?

Andrew Glyn*

*University of Oxford

Abstract

The impact of profitability on capital accumulation, neglected in conventional accounts, is confirmed by a cross-sectional analysis of the post-war experience of manufacturing in OECD economies which is consistent with a body of time-series and firm-level studies. The effect of capital accumulation on growth is reviewed, suggesting a somewhat stronger impact than growth accounting assumed. Profitability recovered in most, but not all, OECD economies in the 1980s and the recovery was strongest where unemployment rose most and where labour cost competitiveness improved. The response of manufacturing investment was very patchy, however, and a number of influences which may have weakened the link to achieved profitability are discussed.

Manuscript received June 12, 1995; final version received November 6, 1996.


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